Nice meeting you, Crist and good to see you again, Jeff. One tiny correction: I flew a VoltAire "Beta" model designed by my dad Bill. The fiberglass cowl (layed up by my buddy John Jordan) does look somewhat like a T-Rex.
A few weeks ago, I wanted to get this system ready for the FCM contest since my Cardinal Evolution needed to be retired. First flights were on 8/16/11 and were my first experiences of any type with electric power. I deliberately ran very safe settings on the powerplant and despite the plane being way out of trim (and 5.75 lap times!) was able to fly a big 'n ugly pattern after four 2 minute runs. Needless to say, I was very pleased.
Beta is still not trimmed very well and I still have the power dialed way back, but I can see quite a bit of potential with it. Time to play with props and motor settings and plane tweaks and all of that other good stuff. BTW, the contest flights were patterns number 12 and 13 for Beta, so there's still a long way to go.
I'll add Beta's specs to the "List Your Settings" area after I get everything a bit more optimized. However, I'll put down the basic setup:
Turnigy SK3548-900
Turnigy 4S 3600 batteries
Castle Ice 50 ESC
Hubin 6A timer
APC 12x6 EP, new style (I cut down a 13x6.5 EP to try later)
9400 RPM
~5.30 lap times
64' .018 lines